Caster



E. HARRIS Nov. 20, 1934.

CASTER Filed June 1, 1954 In l Inventor .E'si/zer Harri/1s Byg Attorney Patented Nov. 20, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in casters of the type used for furniture legs to protect floor surfaces and coverings for such surfaces against wear.

An object of the invention is to provide a caster of this character which can be readily and easily constructed of old and discarded pieces of carpet, linoleum and other similar floor or surface covering.

The invention together with its objects and advantages will be best understood from a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the caster, and

Figure 2 is a sectional view therethrough taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals it will be seen that the caster comprises a substantially circular body indicated generally by the reference numeral 5 and provided in its top face with a recess 6 to accommodate the foot of a chair leg or other article of furniture.

In forming the body 5 I preferably make use of two discarded pieces'l, 8 of linoleum and a single piece 9 of worn or discarded carpet. The pieces 7, 8 and 9 are out into substantially circular form, the pieces 7 and 8 being cut to provide disks of substantially the same diameter while the piece of car-pet 9 is cut to provide a disk of materially greater. diameter than the disks '7 and 8. The disks 7 and 8 are first superimposed upon one another as shown and passed through the disks, upwardly, are a plurality, in the present instance four securing pins or nails 10.

Next the superimposed pieces 7 and 8 are placed centrally on the carpet piece 9 after which the marginal edges of the carpet piece 9 are folded over the disks 7 and 8, and the folded end edge 9a of the piece 9 is united to the uppermost ply or disk 7 by cement orany other adhesive, thus providing the wall for the recess 6.

From the above it will be seen that a caster embodying the features of invention can be easily and economically made, and while I have shown the caster in the present instance as being of circular form it is of course understood that it is not in any wise intended to limit the caster to this particular form since the same may be square or any other form found desirable or suitable to the occasion.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

A caster comprising a body consisting of a plurality of superimposed plies or pieces of discarded linoleum and carpet material, an endmost ply of carpet material of greater dimension than the other plies of linoleum material and having an edge portion thereof foldable over said other plies and into overlapping engagement with a second outer ply, and permanently united therewith to provide a body having in the top side thereof a recess the wall of which is defined by the overlapping marginal edge of the ply of carcaster.

ESTHER HARRIS. 

